Thread: Gardens Anybody!!!

Just wanted to know who on the SRP planted a garden this year and what all they planted. Not exactly the finer things like a good cigar but hot sweet corn smothered in butter with a good steak comes in a close second.

Don't have a large area but I have some cherry tomatoes, plum tomatoes, chives, and lots of herbs for cooking: rosemary, thyme, lemon thyme, oregano, sage, regular basil, thai basil, parsley, and taragon.

I only wish I had the space to have my own garden... living in 34 square meters without garden nor balcony...

Originally Posted by Ockham

I only wish I had the space to have my own garden... living in 34 square meters without garden nor balcony...

same here, luckily I have a piece of "flat roof" that I turned into a mini garen with a Japanese style Dear-chase fountain.
When I get my own house, I want a big japanese garden to it, with a koi-pond.

Jalepeno peppers and tomatoes here.
Photoguy67

Red currants and gooseberries destroyed by the rain, Victoria plums eaten by wasps and some by us, one tomato plant planted too late so probably no ripe fruits this year and seakale Lilly White that unfortunately does not grow too well on our acid soil. We blanched some last year though.

I do a large garden every year for my parents. Silver queen corn, honey-sweet corn, half runner beans, pole beans, wax beans, peas, cherry tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, early girl tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, banana peppers, habenero peppers, all colors of bell peppers, cabbage, brocoli, cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelon, and I have a pumpkin patch outside of the main garden.

My garden produced very well this year, the weather here was perfect. We are in the process of canning right now. We have so much that we have given a lot of our produce to neighbors and friends. The pumpkins are getting big, I mainly grow them for target practice

I have seen few good gardens here in the Hill Country of Texas. We have three distinctive problems: One- the dry climate with heat. Two- deer and antelope eat everything. Three-the soil is rocky and alkiline. I have a fenced area and have enjoyed sweet corn, peppers, cantaloupes, tomatoes, beans, kohlrabi, squash, turnips and mustard greens. All watered with harvested rainwater. My wife grows herbs for cooking and some xeroscape landscaping shrubs, etc. She uses a product called Liquid Fence to repel the deer. It stinks like hell. I have developed a trick for saving water when growing trees. At the planting hole (which should be 4 times the diameter of the root ball), install a 2 inch diameter pipe about a foot away from the tree on the windward side for support ties. Use a 6 foot pipe driven 2 feet into the ground. Use the pipe itself as a water tank to water the roots only. I fill the pipe every morning. It leaks down to the roots during the day. Our pecan tree is growing very fast and is healthy. Gardens are a source of great satisfaction. They instill humility. Good job having gardens in limited areas. We have outstanding Weekend Garden Programs on KTSA Radio (550 AM and streams on the Internet). Give a listen and learn much. Thank you for the good thread, Robert

I bought a small peachtree 2 months ago. Actually it does not look like a tree because of his young age. But perhaps in a few years, I can eat some homegrown peaches.

Eat a Peach!

I used to have a big garden, had it for many years. Sold it.

The only time I really enjoyed it was the last couple of months when I knew somebody else was going to be responsible for its upkeep.

When I owned it, all I could see was the work that needed doing. I enjoyed the work don't get me wrong, but I never really enjoyed the garden. To much of a perfectionist. I'd see the flowers that needed deadheading rather then the roses in full bloom.

Nowdays, I get to play golf and don't have to mow the lawn and trim the hedges etc.,

But I miss those sweet home grown green vegetables and tomatoes. Never got the fruit, the local deer were far to efficient.

Funnily enough, I don't miss the garden but I do enjoy other people's. It' s a bit like owning a dog.

Sorry, please excuse the mumblings of an older man.